Danang City and Lao Cai Province have decided to close bars and karaoke parlours from May 3 for Covid-19 prevention.
Under the request of the central city of Danang People’s Committee, besides bar and karaoke services, local gaming cafes and pedestrian streets have to be suspended from Sunday midnight.
Meanwhile, the northern province of Lao Cai’s authorities have also ordered the closure of cinemas, gaming cafes and sports centres from Sunday midnight.
The move followed the Covid-19 infection of a Chinese expert who travelled to these two localities. Many people in Danang and Lao Cai have been defined to have close contact with the Chinese man.
The southern central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Binh Thuan have decided to shut the same services from Monday.
Earlier, Hanoi and HCM City decided to suspend bars, karaoke parlours when the pandemic has tended to expand in Vietnam.
Vietnam News Agency reported that after locally-infected cases were detected in late April, localities around the country tightened epidemic prevention measures.
The Health Ministry urges all people to wear a facemask, disinfect, keep social distancing, not gather in large numbers and make health declarations, so as to contain the pandemic.
An additional 6,143 people received their first Covid-19 vaccine shots on May 2, raising the total number of people receiving their first shot to 532, 247, most of whom work on the frontline of the pandemic mitigation efforts.